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James Jackson Jeffries



Jeffries, James Jackson (1875–1953), U.S. heavyweight boxer who won the championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899. He retired undefeated in 1905; returning to the ring in 1910 he was defeated by Jack Johnson.

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